Python Ranking Dictionary Return Rank

Question

I have a python dictionary:

x = {\'a\':10.1,\'b\':2,\'c\':5}

How do I go about ranking and returning the rank value? Like getting back:

Answer 1

One way would be to examine the dictionary for the largest value, then remove it, while building a new dictionary:

my_dict = x = {'a':10.1,'b':2,'c':5}
i = 1
new_dict ={}
while len(my_dict) > 0:
    my_biggest_key = max(my_dict, key=my_dict.get)
    new_dict[my_biggest_key] = i
    my_dict.pop(my_biggest_key)
    i += 1
print new_dict